New York, NY: Saks Fifth
Avenue employee used Store Credit Cards To Steal $68K in merchandiseQueens resident Shuya Xia, 25, started working at Saks' flagship at the end
of March. On June 29, a surveillance camera at the store captured Xia using a
computer to open three Saks Fifth Avenue credit card accounts in three different
people's names. Then, on July 2 and July 3, Xia opened two more store credit
card accounts using the names of two others. Between June 29 and July 3, the
employee used the cards to buy more than $50,000 worth of merchandise from the
store. In total, she bought about $68,000 in items with the cards. Xia was
arrested on July 25 after Saks Fifth Avenue's Loss Prevention staff discovered
she'd opened the credit card accounts and used the cards to purchase the
merchandise. She was charged with two counts of grand larceny, one count of
identity theft and one count of unlawful possession of personal identification
information.
dnainfo.com

San
Antonio, TX: Delivery man charged with stealing, selling $50,000 of cigarettesPolice arrested a man on charges he stole large lots of cigarettes from
convenient stores and sold them to other stores. According to the San Antonio
Police Department, the suspect, identified as David Morales, 47, worked as a
delivery person for a local newspaper. Investigators say several stores along
his regular route, about 8 to 10, were burglarized and cigarettes were taken.
Detectives believe Morales broke into the stores and sold the stolen products at
a discount to other businesses, which later sold them. In all, Morales is
accused of stealing between $40,000 and $50,000 worth of cigarettes. He faces
felony charges of organized retail theft.
news4sanantonio.com

Wellington, FL: Women's
shoplifting plans go amiss, $3,000 in clothing left behind at The Mall at
Wellington Green A Loss Prevention officer
saw four women select merchandise in a store, take it to the back of the
store and stuff the items into purses and shopping bags. Deputies and
security officers stationed themselves by the exits to await the
shoplifters. Two of the women apparently left their companions, either to
act as scouts or to retrieve the getaway vehicle. The other two women,
sensing something was amiss with their shoplifting plan, dumped the
merchandise out of their bags and purses and stashed it under clothing racks
and displays. They were detained by deputies as they exited the store. The
women admitted they were going to steal clothing, but they didn't have any
merchandise in their possession. Although the store declined to issue the
two trespass warnings, the mall security prohibited them from the premises
for a year. The items the woman had planned to take were recovered and
totaled more than $3,000.
palmbeachpost.com

Chillicothe, OH: Woman found with more than $1,000
in stolen itemsA woman is facing two
counts of theft after she admitted to stealing from several stores. Chillicothe
Police were called Monday by Ulta Beauty referencing a shoplifter. Officers
found the vehicle the suspect was believed to be in after it was pointed out by
store employees and conducted a search of the vehicle. Inside a trash bag,
officers found six items of make up, eight Yeti coolers, a hammock, an Under
Armor jacket, and 15 Under Armor t-shirts totaling $1,030.71 in merchandise. Two
chargers and three pairs of jeans were also found in the bag. Sherry J. Cook,
44, admitted to stealing the items from various stores including Ulta Beauty,
Dick's Sporting Goods, Rural King and others in West Virginia. Officers also
found several syringes.
chillicothegazette.com